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How towers in the clouds replaced the slums of Melbourne’s mean streets

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After World War II, Melbourne was in crisis, with many working families shoved out of the housing market. Slums were demolished and replaced with improved social housing, and rental subsidies were provided to help the poor make the transition. The Victorian Housing Commission used the funds to purchase a factory at Holmesglen, in south-east Melbourne, to build prefabricated housing. It was a short step to trying to solve Melbourne's housing problems with internationalist-styled towers of flats.

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How towers in the clouds replaced the slums of Melbourne’s mean streets

Melbourne’s inner city was once a maze of slums. They were replaced by homes in the sky that would lead tens of thousands into a new multicultural Australia.

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The Age broke the news in Australia on Thursday, September 21, 2023.
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